In Praise of Margaret Kenyatta

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I have seen quite a few such articles this year.

www.standardmedia.co.ke/thecounties/article/2000142952/joho-receives-first-lady-as-she-donates-mobile-clinic-to-mombasa-county

So far, I am very impressed with the way in which she is using her "prestige". Heart in the right place and that sort of thing. It would be a pity if her good works were to be overshadowed by the antics of a dodgy spouse.

www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2014/january/20140130beyondzerocampaign

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Definitely very different from other Kenyan First Ladies: No. 1 is best known for doing one heck of a job in depleting the wildlife; all that people remember of No. 2 is that she ran off, leaving her husband with only the country to f**k (which he then did); and No. 3 is best known for slapping journalists and quarrelling with Co-Wife.

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OtishO

To a significant number of Kenyan women, our dear Maggie is certainly a God sent. To Kenyans as a whole, mama Maggie is a true blessing. I am without a shred of doubt very impressed by her effort and courage tod what she she did, within such a short time.

In observing such a feat, I am admiring her achievements not as a President's wife, but rather by her person and demeanor. Status aside, as many others have the same or similar, she has made good use of her position, by humbly relating to her fellow women who find themselves unfortunate enough to be governed by the likes of her late father in law and now her husband, and rubbed in by Mzee Moi and later on Mwai wa Kibaki.

Poor old Lucy, her fate was quite apparent long before she disappeared out of her majestic limelight. Mental illness is an area she could as well have tried to help in her capacity as a first lady, but as I say, there was already so much that we had missed. Hers was not a display of arrogance but a sad fate which could have befallen anyone. Nevertheless, she did try something and I think the Chinese build a Hospital somewhere in Embakasi and she trid hard on matters of HIV.

Hao wengine, despite their status bestowed, I am not familiar with their achievements so far. I know Ida famously turned down some heavy package of money granted to her by Mpigs and wa Kalonzo was going to do something for her people with it. That was the end of it. But Maggie, she will trim herself hard to be able to run a marathone at er age and now thinking about the street children. At leats her token effort might just help to minimise the number of potential criminals off our streets for want of opportunities in later years.

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We should also recognise the work of the Deputy President's wife with her table banking initiative which she has led and mobilised many women nationally into a culture of saving.